A MOTHER and her boyfriend have both been charged with attacking, ill-treating, neglecting and abandoning her four-year-old son before he died

HOLBROOKS mother and her boyfriend have both been charged with attacking, ill-treating, neglecting and abandoning her four-year-old son before he died.

Magdelena Luczak, 27, and her partner Mariusz Krezolek, 33, are accused of denying Daniel Pelka food, locking him in a room, feeding him salt and failing to obtain prompt medical treatment.

Daniel - a pupil at Little Heath Primary School in Foleshill - was found unconscious at his home in Leyburn Close, Holbrooks, Coventry, on March 3.He was taken to University Hospital in Walsgrave but nothing could be done to save his life.

Two days later Luczak and Krezolek were arrested before being charged with Daniel’s murder.

On Thursday at Birmingham Crown Court they both formally denied that charge for the first time.

They also both denied two new charges - the first of which alleges they caused or allowed Daniel’s death between 1 September 2011 and 3 March 2012.

The second alleges cruelty to a person under 16 years of age between 1 January 2011 and 3 March 2012.

The details of that charge allege that Luczak and Krezolek “willfully assaulted, ill treated, neglected and abandoned Daniel Pelka”.

Both defendants lived with Daniel in Leyburn Close, Holbrooks.

They spoke through a Polish interpreter to confirm their names and enter their pleas during the hearing.

They will go on trial in Birmingham in May.

Mrs Justice Macur adjourned the hearing until February so details of witnesses can be finalised ahead of the trial.

No application for bail was made and the pair were once again remanded in custody ahead of the trial.